Where does the fascism of Mussolinis Italy fall in the spectrum of political doctrines? Italys fascist government conducted a policy of partial socialization of private property, total collectivization of consciousness, and large-scale redistribution of wealth. Therefore, even if fascism was theoretically conceived by its founders as not belonging to either the Right or the Left, its practical implementation showed that the whole building of fascism gravitated toward the right flank of the Left.
Fascism: Left, Right, or Neither?
By Allen Gindler
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